WOW!

Prayer Request

Please keep my friend Lidia and her family in your prayers as her mom just passed away today.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Be careful what you eat

I noticed at the very end of this song they say "so remember it's your body and the only one you've got"
I started thinking about how easy it now is to replace body parts and it made me kind of sad because God only gave you one body because He expects you to take care of it. When you don't take care of it, it can cause problems. This applies to more then just your body. No matter WHAT God gives you, and I'm sure no matter how hard and bad your life is you can find at least one thing God gave you, you need to respect it and acknowledge it, and THANK GOD for it.

So please be thankful for everything and don't take ANYTHING for granted because you never know when it will be gone.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Why I am SO thankful that I am homeschooled!

WOW! This is awful! I can't even find the words to express the sadness I feel for my peers who are in today's educational environment

According to this post at Dana Radio, one of the blogs of Dana Loesch, the image above is just one page of a Prom invitation issued at John Burroughs High School, a well-known private high school in the Saint Louis area (I believe). The link has two other images from the invitation, but I will not post them here, as one is a satanic pentagram and the other is a sleazily dressed woman with the caption "lust".

May I suggest that any homeschooler who hears carping from friends and relatives print out this invitation as an easy way to answer the question, "Aren't you worried about their socialization?"
JMJ+
~Betsy

Update

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a month! I have been super busy. I have to go do school but I will try very hard to post again when I get home. A quick update on my life. I helped plan a retreat that was this past weekend, it went very well, even though I had a solo at Mass that I was not expecting...YIKES! Then on Tuesday I babysat all day, I earned 35 dollars which is already gone. >=( Then on Wednesday I found out that this Sunday is my planning committees youth group meeting so yesterday I had to plan that, then I had to meet with Beth so we could do the things we should have done on Wednesday. Plus I have a Chem test on Monday. Also there is a bunch of stuff I have to do before I leave for the month! Tomorrow I have a Committee meeting(no it's a different committee!) all morning then when I get back from that we are going to Detroit to visit family. So that's why I have not posted in a long time! Life should get back to normal for a bit soon and I will be on here more.

My thoughts on the first few chapters of John's Gospel

So my dad and I are reading the Gospel of John together. Here are my thoughts on the first few chapters.

John 1:1-18
Vs 5 The darkness has not overcome it.
There is hope in Him no matter how dark the world gets.

Vs 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light.
We have to let out light shine in the world.

Vs 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him; yet the world did not know Him.
Sometimes it is really hard to see God in the world.

Vs 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or the will of man, but of God.
I am a child of God.

Vss 19 - 29. They challenged Jesus for His actions, we should expect the same.

Vs 37 The two disciples heard him say this and the fallowed Jesus.
By John's voice they found Jesus, am I doing the same with my voice?

vs 46 Nathanael said to him "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said "Come and see."
Do I need to see to believe or do I just believe?

More to come soon.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Obama has a Miraculous medal??

Check out Fr Z's blog wdtprs.com/blog/2009/01/check-this-out
Apparently Obama has a Miraculous medal among the things he carries for "good luck". Hmmm interesting. That fully confirms the feeling I have had about praying for his conversion. Please pray for him and his soul, and keep interceding to Mary.

JMJ+
~Betsy